We performed a comparison between Cohesity DataProtect and IDERA SQL Safe Backup based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Veeam Software, Zerto, Commvault and others in Backup and Recovery."It's completely reliable and easy to restore."
"Cohesity DataProtect is easy to deploy and operate."
"We like that we can use production data to run intensive reports that would otherwise bog down the production server."
"Cohesity DataProtect is user-friendly and straightforward. The setup process was effortless, and both the backup and restore operations are speedy."
"It's stable."
"It works well with backup virtual machines and SQL services we have been using."
"With instant DR failover using SiteContinuity, we are able to keep our files available no matter the situation."
"Cohesity is a cost-effective storage designed for secondary or archival data. It also integrates well with a number of other systems, like VMware, Pure Storage, or AWS with its large array of APIs available to the user."
"The compression, because it drastically reduces the disk space."
"It has reduced our backup time and simplified our backup processes across all the servers."
"The error handling could be improved."
"Cohesity DataProtect takes hours to restore a single file, even a small one."
"Microsoft Exchange online mailbox backups would be fantastic."
"The support is pretty bad."
"In terms of what could be improved, it just needs some maturity."
"We have Oracle databases running on Linux servers in our environment and we have found the Oracle backups were quite complex to setup."
"We would love to see direct compatibility with HPE Simplivity, which we also leverage."
"The support team sometimes takes a long time to resolve issues, although, in our experience, these have been specific things like SQL blobs."
"I would like to see the pieces that they have put in the web only to be put into the thick client sitting on the desktop client."
"Make sure you check your backups on a regular basis. Backups do get missed with this tool, for whatever reason."
"The way the filtering goes, if you filter on your view, there is no indication that you have made a selection."
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Cohesity DataProtect is ranked 9th in Backup and Recovery with 67 reviews while IDERA SQL Safe Backup is ranked 72nd in Backup and Recovery. Cohesity DataProtect is rated 9.0, while IDERA SQL Safe Backup is rated 5.0. The top reviewer of Cohesity DataProtect writes "Easy to use, offers good scalability and responsive support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IDERA SQL Safe Backup writes "You can't see any metrics about how long it took you to backup the entire server. We've had a huge reduction in the nightly backup footprint size". Cohesity DataProtect is most compared with Rubrik, Veeam Backup & Replication, Dell PowerProtect DD (Data Domain), Commvault Cloud and Veritas NetBackup, whereas IDERA SQL Safe Backup is most compared with Rubrik and IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact.
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